[governance] Fwd: [Members] Fwd: [Post 2015 Women's Coalition] Privatization of Global Governance: Corporate Influence at the UN

Ian Peter ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Mon Jul 7 02:07:24 EDT 2014 

I am glad you posted this, Parminder. I particularly draw people’s attention to

"Labeling all actors stakeholders, as if all were equal and
had the same interest, obscures the power imbalances
between various sectors and the vast differences between
their agendas. It promotes a depoliticized model of govern-
ance that negates the different interests and power struc-
tures inherent in the global economic system."

I think the time might be ripe for civil society to talk about the limits to multistakeholderism – which I still personally believe has some value in some roles. I think we need to start to define where and how it is useful and where it poses dangers like those pointed out above.

In other words – I look forward to the debate moving beyond the “multistakeholder=good, multistakeholder=bad” divide to a sensible consideration as to how and where it might be useful in internet governance.

Ian Peter 

From: parminder 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 3:14 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
Subject: [governance] Fwd: [Members] Fwd: [Post 2015 Women's Coalition] Privatization of Global Governance: Corporate Influence at the UN


Well, I spoke too soon when I said in my last email "The rest of world has simply not waken up to this demon, which is making slow but serious progress, although somewhat clandestinely, against the values and institutions of democracy. "

People outside the charmed IG circles are indeed now picking up the dangers of equal footing MSism as being a part of the neolib design to corporatize global governance. The cat, as they, is out of the bag... The civil society equal footing MS-ists would no longer be able to obfuscate their positions and pass off as mainstream civil society. They are not. Mainstream civil society is for democracy, and is extremely bothered about the new cult of TNCs dominating global governance spaces.

parminder 


-------- Original Message -------- Subject:  [Members] Fwd: [Post 2015 Women's Coalition] Privatization of Global Governance: Corporate Influence at the UN 
      Date:  Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:03:00 +0530 
      From:  anita mailto:anita at itforchange.net 
      Reply-To:  members at justnetcoalition.org 
      To:  members at justnetcoalition.org 


The attached report starts powerfully,

"As globalization has compounded the power of large transnational corporations (TNCs) in recent decade, big
business has consolidated its influence on global governance and the United Nations in particular. In that multi-
lateral setting, corporate actors have been granted privileged access to decision-makers, and their interests have
become more prominent as calls for legally binding instruments for TNCs become more sidelined. In the ongoing
discussions towards a post-2015 sustainable development agenda, the private sector is positioning itself as the
solution to current global challenges – while simultaneously attempting in other fora to evade UN oversight and
regulation. The embrace of a voluntary “partnership” approach has resulted in a corresponding shift towards a
multi-stakeholder governance paradigm – buoyed by big business and the governments invested in it1 – in the
World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organization, and the agencies and agendas of the UN."

It asserts that

"Labeling all actors stakeholders, as if all were equal and
had the same interest, obscures the power imbalances
between various sectors and the vast differences between
their agendas. It promotes a depoliticized model of govern-
ance that negates the different interests and power struc-
tures inherent in the global economic system."

and 

I think the recommendations may be useful - for us to resonate the same message - albeit more contextually to the aims of JNC - and to contribute to their website our deconstructions of the state of play in the digital domain

"Post-2015
»
Build an intergovernmental accountability framework in the post-2015 agenda, with government-adopted
guidelines and government monitoring. House a monitoring and oversight hub for “partnerships” within a
strong and effective High-Level Political Forum, tasked with monitoring the implementation of the post-2015
agenda.
Business and Human Rights
» Call for effective international regulation of TNCs through ensuring the establishment of an open-ended
  intergovernmental working group tasked with a draft mandate, in accordance with the recent resolution in the
 UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
» Strengthen the central role of the HRC in the business and human rights discourse, in recognition of its
  unique role to provide global leadership in human rights by strengthening standards and creating effective
 implementation and accountability mechanisms."


anita




-------- Original Message -------- Subject:  [Post 2015 Women's Coalition] Privatization of Global Governance: Corporate Influence at the UN 
      Date:  Sun, 6 Jul 2014 16:44:08 -0700 (PDT) 
      From:  kathrynjtobin mailto:kathrynjtobin at gmail.com 
      To:  post2015womenscoalition at googlegroups.com 



Dear colleagues,

Global Policy Forum is pleased to share its new web portal on corporate influence at the UN, part of a broader research focus on the privatization of global governance. We have compiled recent GPF analysis, relevant UN documents, and an extensive listing of reports and articles by civil society organizations and think tanks, tracking the consolidation of corporate power in the multilateral setting. As this work illustrates, corporations and their proxies are transforming the discourse and/or blocking progressive outcomes in both the UN's sustainable development post-2015 agenda and the business and human rights processes, pushing (overtly and/or silently) for "multi-stakeholder" governance models and voluntary, non-binding corporate social responsibility commitments. Read more on the history of corporate influence at the UN, its current manifestations, and GPF's recommendations on reversing the corporate capture of the UN. 

GPF Briefing 1: Privatizing Global Governance: Corporate Influence at the United Nations 
Global Policy Forum has undertaken significant research to track and chart the increasing power and influence of corporations in global governance settings, particularly the UN. We are pleased to share with you our new Briefing on Corporate Influence (attached), which includes main messages and recommendations.

Sign up to join the Global Policy Forum listserv. 

Best,

Kathryn (Katie) Tobin
Global Policy Forum
kathryntobin at globalpolicy.org
www.globalpolicy.org  

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